Vehicle support-actuating device.



J. M. HERRINGTON.

VEHICLE SUPPORT ACTUATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY29, I914.

1,159,2L Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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JEFFERSON M. HERRINGTON, OF PENSACQLA, FLORIDA.

VEHICLE SUPPORT-ACTUATING DEVICE.

wease Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

Application filed May 29, 1914. Serial No. 841,953.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON M. HER- RINGTON, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of Pensacola, in the county of Escambia and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Support-Actuating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in supports for motorcycles and bicycles and other vehicles and it has for its objects among others to provide an improved, simple, yet efficient and reli able device of this character by whichvthe rider is enabled to operate the support without getting 01% the machine, such device embodying few parts, those easily assembled,

cheap of manufacture and not liable to getv out of order.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my improvement applied to a motorcycle. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail in elevation with portions broken away and parts in section. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a section on the line li of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 2, looking in Y the direction of the arrows.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a casing containing the operating parts and which may be attached in any suitable manner to any convenient part of the motorcycle or bicycle or other vehicle to which it is to be applied. At one end this casing has a compartment 2 formed by a partition 3, and in this partition and in the opposite wall 4 of the casing there is journaled a shaft 5 to one end of which within the compartment 2 there is afliXed in any suitable manner, as at 6, one end of a coiled spring 7, the other end of which is attached to the partition 3 in any well known manner, as seen at 8. Loose upon the shaft 5 within the compartment 9 of the casing is a spool or drum 10 upon'which is adapted to be wound a cord or cable 11 passed over a pulley or the like 12 and attached, as at 13, to the stand or support 1 f which is pivotally mounted, as at 15, on some fixed part of the machine in the ordinary manner. Fast on the shaft 5 near the end opposite to that to which the spring is attached, is a disk 16 around which passes a brake band 17 fast at one end, as at 18,'to any suitable member and the other end having connected therewith a screw 19 which passes through ,a'

member 20 of the casing and its outer end provided with a knurled knob or the like 21, whereby the spring band may be put under tension, when desired.

The cord or cable 11 is extended through one side of the casing and connected with and adapted to be wound upon the drum 10.

The head 22 of the drum adjacent the disk 16 is provided with a plurality of holes 23, as seen clearly in Figs. 3, 5 and 6, which holes have a tapered wall 2% and a sunken portion 25, as seen best in Figs. 5 and 6. With these holes there is designed to co operate a ratchet 26 which is in the form of a two-armed lever pivotally mounted at its angle, as at 27, in a recess 28 in the disk l6,-the arm 29 being acted upon by a spring 30 tending to normally keep said arm outermost and the other end of the ratchet in engagement with one of the holes of the head of the spool, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. The brake band 17 bears against this arm 29, as seen clearly in Fig.

5, and when the band is tightened, it forces said arm 29 inward, compressing the spring 30 and pulling the ratchet out of engagement in its opening in the head of the spool. When the band is loosened, the parts assume their normal position and the ratchet is in engagement with the hole in the head of the spool and the disk 16 is locked to the spool.

31 is a key for winding up the spring 7.

32 is a rubber or analogous strip attached to the mudguard 33 and against which the support 14: engages when it is thrown upward.

The operation will be apparent. With the parts constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and the device applied as shown in Fig. 1, when the 7 support is up in the position in which it is seen in Fig. 1 and it is desired to lower the same so as to support the motorcycle or other vehicle, all that it is necessary to do is stand or support which will be held in its proper place until the rider is ready to put As the stand 7 comes up to its horizontal position, it engages the buffer 32 so as to prevent noise and r to tighten up on the thumb screw 19 which tightens the brake band 17,-com'pressing the spring'BO and pulling the ratchet 26 out of engagement with the hole in the head of the spool. This holds thespring againstaction and the weight of the stand orsupport causes it to drop into position, the ratchet being thrown out of operative relation with the spool. When the rider is ready to move,

it is not necessary for him to stoop over-or to disengage any part, but by simply loosening up on the thumb screw 19 the ratchet is allowed to move intoengagement with'an opening in the head of the spool and the spool and disk 16' are thus locked together and the spring operates. and picks up the the stand again into use.

avoid injury to either the support or the mudguard.

The device may be constructed so that the ratchet may work either right or left hand means for winding the spring, a'member loosely.

mounted on said shaft, a brake-controlled member movable with said shaft'and interengaging means between said brake-controlled and loosely mounted members and means for controlling the brake member.

2. A spring actuated shafthaving means for winding the spring, a spool loosely Copies of this patent may be obtained for mounted on said shaft, a disk fast upon the shaft, inter-engaging means on the spool and disk, and a brake member cooperating with said disk controlling said interengaging means.

8.. A spring actuated shaft having means for winding the spring, a spool loosely mounted on said shaft, a disk fast upon the shaft, interengaging means on the spool and disk, a brake member cooperating with said disk controlling said interengaging means, and means for controlling the brake memv V 4. In a device of the character described, a spring a-ctuatedshaft with a member fixed thereon, a spool normally loosely mounted upon said shaft, a spring actuated member on the fast member engageable with the loosely mounted member, and a brake member cooperating with said disk directly engaging and controlling said-spring actuated member.

5. Inca device of the character described, a spring actuated shaft, a member'fixed thereon, a spool loosely mounted upon I said shaft, a spring actuatedmember engageable with' the loosely mounted member and a brake member cooperating with said fixed member and directly engaging and control- 1mg said sprlng actuated member.

6. A spring actuated shaft, a spool loosely mounted thereon, a spring actuated member fixed on said shaft, means for controlling said spring and allowing the spool to revolve independently thereof,- means carried by A I said fixed member'forcausing said member and the spool to move together, and a brake member directly engaging said spring a t ated member.

JEFFERSON M. nEnmNGToN.

'Witnesses:

CALEB KAsT, -ELBERT A. CLUB s.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. C. 

